Timeline for How do I generate a random string (of length X, a-z only) in Python?
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| Oct 17, 2016 at 14:29 | comment | added | ShadowRanger |
@Federico: Unless you use random.SystemRandom(), which should be as cryptographically secure as the OS supports. In modules that need cryptographic randomness, I often do: import random, random = random.SystemRandom() to replace the module with an instance of the class that provides OS crypto-randomness. SystemRandom is the random.Random API, with randomness provided by os.urandom instead of Mersenne Twister (os.urandom is backed by stuff like Window's CryptGenRandom, UNIX-like /dev/urandom, etc.).
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| Jun 23, 2013 at 21:14 | comment | added | Federico | Just keep in mind that any sequence generated by the random module is not cryptographically secure. | |
| Dec 24, 2009 at 9:28 | comment | added | Evan Fosmark |
CytokineStorm, as of Python 3.x, range() behaves the same as xrange().
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| Dec 24, 2009 at 8:10 | comment | added | Zach B | Nice use of generator expressions. But while we're saving memory, might as well use xrange instead of range. | |
| Dec 24, 2009 at 7:55 | vote | accept | TIMEX | ||
| Dec 24, 2009 at 7:54 | history | answered | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | CC BY-SA 2.5 |